Health & Medicine: Crash Course Sociology #42

Our final unit of Crash Course Sociology is medical sociology. Today we’ll explain what it is and get an overview of the role of society in our notions of health and disease.
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References:
Sociology by John J. Macionis, 15th edition (2014)
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[@deanlock2986]

I know this series may be long gone but I would have loved to see an episode on mental health under the lens of sociology, if possible.

[@lauren4232]

Crash course is getting me through my degree 😂

[@alfonsot9017]

Lauren I feel ya😆

[@Breyerlover4ever23]

2:20 Is this how "bless you" came to be when you sneeze?

[@certaindeathawaits]

That's why it's so terrible to have an invisible illness, like Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or POTS. People think you are faking it, and because they are chronic, people become frustrated when you don't get better.

[@mariajames-thiaw5797]

Yes! Constantly people are saying "So you're feeling better?" What am I supposed to say!?!

[@crabyman3555]

For a long time, war trauma was not treated as a real illness (PTSD, shell shock, so on)......it was not that long ago by the way

[@LiamVsTheWorld2011]

craby man ...and, what? Women being “hysterical” and having “the vapors” used the be treated as illness. Some things are real and will eventually be scientifically proven. Some things are not and will be scientifically disproven.

[@fangirlfortheages5940]

I think sociology is so interesting. Thank you for this informative and entertaining series!

[@Elfos64]

I remember a few years ago when that Ebola case made headlines, I had a seasonal cold and the teachers at my community college were super concerned, thinking I had Ebola (despite the fact I'm pretty sure a stuffy nose and a cough aren't symptoms of Ebola) and they insisted I at least go to the school nurse- who couldn't really do anything even for the cold.

[@daedra40]

Im glad this isn't the last video of the series!

[@Polynerdeia]

This episode in particularwas incredibly eye opening

[@missamvmaker]

where was this when I was revising for my sociology of medicine exam at the start of January!

[@DetectiveRackham]

It is of national interest to make sure that all citizens have access to medicinal cares and services; after all, we do not need another black plague or the 1918 flu combined with interconnected world to teach us the reason again now do we?

[@enricozapping7008]

I love this channel!

[@justchilaxe123]

MCAT in a week, if you are in a similar boat as me, keep pushing! Also, put these videos on 1.25x or 1.5x so you can get through them even faster! Good luck!

[@Sackofbooks]

Sick roles, bro.

[@yingkouzen]

Great content. I was hoping there would be more discussions on social discrimination on health and medical status.

[@theeutecticpoint]

Final SEGMENT, not final episode, I was worried for a hot second there

[@racquelmatthews1640]

Favorite episode

[@kurtlindner]

With this and CC Mythology being through, I hope a _really_ cool topic is lined up to take their place.

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

CC Statistics just started recently. :)

[@hannahclingan]

I find sociology so interesting. As someone who has diabetes it’s interesting to see how social aspects play into how people react to it.

[@hajaraydi654]

sociology is so intresting :)

[@hozaifa5208]

Awesome !

[@johntindell9591]

thank you

[@lucaswheatcroft]

I am a sociology major in my last year of undergraduate studies. I am taking medical sociology this autumn along with fulfilling my requirements for my human services minor. Human behavior in the social environment (HS404) goes in tandem with medical sociology as we examine how people relate to their environment, other humans, and how they perceive their own self (Roger's theory of ideal and perceived self). :)

[@alissonjrcaabreu7534]

I'm graduating watching crash course.

[@gtmusic9266]

I have just realized ya'll haven't done a video on just mutations. I bet a loooot of people would benefit from that.

[@AyubKhan-vn2kx]

Mam can you plz make video crash courses on Research and methodology

[@cleoh666]

I still don't understand why the BMI is used as the tool for measuring fatness. I hope a new body mass analysis is made more accessible. I do know of other testing mechanisms but they definitely aren't that accessible (I've only seen body builders and other fitness personalities make use of these).

[@matheusribeiro8523]

Chloe Rose There are hundreds of measurements proposed as indicators of whether your body mass is apropriate for you health (aka whether you're fat). BMI (and it's derivatives) is one of the most used because it is an objective number that is simple to measure (weight and height), calculate, understand and use. Of course, it has it's limitations, just like every other health indicator, and your concerns are echoed by health professionals: it is too simplistic and "shallow", many times it is not reliable and so on. Just keep in mind that there really are other tools, it's just they aren't much used in comparison to BMI because BMI is just so easy to use.

[@Daniel-mf8yn]

BMI doesn't take muscle mass into consideration. A 230 pound weightlifter will be more physically fit than a 230 pound couch potato.

[@roberts1677]

In the military we use circumference measurement. For males they measure your neck and your abdominal circumference, then consult a table to estimate your bodyfat percentage. It's still not terribly accurate, but it's better than BMI.

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Any "scientific" measurement that's less useful or accurate as a mirror is pretty much pseudoscience in my view. Just because I'm naturally muscular my medical records label me as fat.

[@patrickmccurry1563]

I don't see how as while I'm much lighter, fitter, and more muscular than I was in my 20s, my pant and neck size are the same.

[@Desrathedemon]

final segment :'( I'm going to miss this series

[@MrKane101111]

"Businesses don't pay for the days you are off sick" - That is only in the USA. In South Africa and most of Europe, you get a certain number of paid sick days a year.

[@xxesinammxx]

tell me how this video covered my entire course in Sociopolitical Perspectives on Health. craaaaazy

[@andernaugle8962]

I have to write a 4,000 word essay for the international Baccalaureate program, does anyone think that an essay on the effect of ethnobotany on the role of biomedince or something along the lines of that as a good topic?

[@gumarabic]

What do you know about Prebiotics and Probiotics?

[@eruyommo]

Is there a strike of audio editors in Crash Course? These last weeks, the audio has been horrible, first with Mike (too loud), then Nicole (too much echo) and other minor glitches.

[@connerfields4753]

History of Medicine!!!!!

[@Garland41]

Darn, when I read the title I thought there would be some discussion about the inequality of access to healthcare. And while there was some discussion about different social class and other structurally defined social groups and their relation to health, I was hoping that there might be, as you would say a structural functionalist, view of the societal barriers to accessing Healthcare. For instance in the United States how a person could forgo searching out Healthcare, possibly forgoing the sick role, because there are problems when it comes to the cost of healthcare. And this question is mainly considered because societally we have the tools to treat the person in the sick role, but we, in our system, have it as such that a person's life could be destroyed from the cost itself. I know crash course doesnt normally respond after a certain amount of time, but this would be an interesting thing for people to look further into, but I have no idea where to start looking.

[@joshuapeterson9691]

She did cover this in the video, albeit briefly. It's important to remember that she is providing an outline and general notes on sociological theories and frameworks. It's not an actual class.

[@silvanbarrow86]

I think they may be going for that discussion more in the next episode.

[@isabella2006]

I missed some discussion about the evolution of gynecology and medicine by using enslaved, marginalized people in Europe and in the US.

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

"societal barriers to accessing Healthcare" - wait till next week.

[@sapturnus]

Crash Couse is for general ideas, not specific topics. For them there are academics and libraries.

[@cadmium-ores]

I ended up taking a sociology course this semester, so I might be coming back around. :D

[@nickthewinner2194]

its good to be healthy

[@Norimarisu]

Final segment?

[@TheLaly37]

How many episodes left ?

[@dancingqueen1752]

Nice video!

[@karanick016greece2]

Aysheh Abuarqoub wow how did you manage to see an 11 minute video in one minute?

[@dancingqueen1752]

karanick016 greece time travel is one of my many powers

people that age still get 'ferris bueler' references!? i am amazed.

[@huseyinkerem6010]

What about Foucault??

[@roryokane5907]

Surprised there was no discussion on access to healthcare?

[@strangebutodd188]

I like your key necklace

[@angelic8632002]

"sick role.." Yea this can backfire as well if you have Autism for example. Since its really tricky for us to pick up on what social behavior pattern we are supposed to imitate. I don't how many times I've visited a doctor and presented a well researched list of points of interest to help him/her diagnose me. Only to get a blank look of someone unconvinced. Or even worse. A belief that I'm hypochondriac. Switched clinic and doctors a number of times over the years just to get the basic healthcare everyone else gets..

[@FirstRisingSouI]

We need a social shift toward treating aging as a curable medical condition.

[@felbarashla]

Illness beliefs is why I’m supposed to call my Addison’s disease a “condition” instead of a disease, because you are supposed to feel better mentally about your health.

[@paddyodonnell3975]

First, great video from what I've seen so far!!!

[@ricardoafonso7884]

For those of us that do NOT believe in the premise that the mind is separate from the body ... should we not follow modern medicine?

[@Chamelionroses]

Homeopathic alternatives are not meds really even if some one subjectively calls them meds and feels placebos. Though that is something else perhaps.

[@DaBlondDude]

Kinda explains a few things, also redefining"healthy"

[@sugami82]

It's not lupus! :P

[@kumarisri1302]

6th!

[@MrJayPuff]

Just pointing out ferris buelers day off came out in 1986. Most people prob dont understand the reference. I wasnt even born yet either lol

[@elenawoodbury7949]

Who else is watching crash course to study for finals?

[@rtaraquin]

It must be lupus.

[@DanielaDz]

It's never lupus

[@lesleyanntait5417]

If someone is not a conformist , is that when the medical profession see,s them as sick?

[@katiemoss7578]

WHAT!! In America businesses are not required to give paid sick leave!!! How does that makes sense!!!

[@PBDNR]

Believe it or not treating your workers well results in them caring about their job, and you not having to train a new guy in a month.

[@katiemoss7578]

But how is that even allowed? Do American politicians hate people? Why do people think that makes sense because it just take longer to get better when they can't take a day off. I'm British and we have protections for employees that no one disputes, such as sick days and paid holiday and guaranteed paid maternity leave and you can take a sick day to look after loved ones as well and no one holds that against you. Some of Americas laws make very little sense to me.

[@BOBTHEBERT]

Yep, welcome to America, where corruption is legal and human resources takes on a whole new meaning.

[@thatjillgirl]

Yes, our cultural approach toward illness and time off to care for it sucks and is counterproductive. What else is new.

[@matheusribeiro8523]

captainwinky Because in many civilized countries we think human dignity is more valuable than companies profits, so we as a society choose to protect ill people in respect to their disability and bad luck.

[@sanviseth123]

who else have a sociology test tmr? :(

[@giancarlovillaverde8576]

i have a corona test tomorrow

[@leoschrickel611]

How can you call this a course on sociology when the only society you focus on is the united states

[@jesusbrito5165]

Leo Schrickel. I get you man but she did clear that in the firsts episodes that they will focus on american society

[@Roll587]

Leo Schrickel Sociology generally focuses on the US. Anthropology is more global.

[@joshuapeterson9691]

Because you don't need to understand specific examples to understand sociology as a whole. Social stratification as a concept is the same no matter what society you study. The actual reality of that stratification is going to be different, but not the framework for studying it.

[@niki3722]

Leo Schrickel yeah I find that a lot of the crash course videos mostly focus on the USA or teach from a biased perspective they should care to be a bit more international there's a lot of people watching that aren't from the USA...

[@joshuapeterson9691]

Thank God that no one is stopping you both from making that channel that manages to cover sociological concepts equally amongst the whole world. Can't wait to see you manage that!

[@blackdaylight]

Good video, but this is also incredibly almost unforgivably eurocentric & she doesn't call attention to this major issue which is extra crazy considering this is a course in sociology, where context is extremely important

[@robertpalumbo9089]

like the C D C and invention

[@robertpalumbo9089]

it is like the borg s view of medicine

[@abdulrahmanabubakar7992]

A person who will not stand for sothing will fold for nothing stant look for knoleger be u crey

[@ar8378]

5th comment

[@billytrespassers3123]

Coming up next Crash Course: Canadian Yak Hair Weaving

[@raghadabo9843]

I need Arabic translation

[@gardenhead92]

I have an invisible illness. I look alright on the outside but am broken on the inside. Even some doctors don't take it seriously. I often feel like a second-class citizen of society. On top of that, I'm a white male so everyone assumes I'm privileged and have an easy life. Sometimes I wish my problems were more visible

[@avery-quinnmaddox5985]

Stephen Bly A lot of people have depression, if that's what you're talking about. I have moderate clinical depression and anxiety. You can get help. You can make your illness known and get it out of your head. Find a therapist or social worker. Don't keep it inside if it's hurting you.

[@certaindeathawaits]

There are also lots of invisible physical illnesses, disabilities. On my bad days I have to use a cane and older people kick it from under me because they think I am too young.

[@DarkPrject]

Nobody thinks being a white guy makes your life easy. Privilege simply means that all else being equal, including wealth and health you're still better off than a woman, a black person, a disabled person, etc. It also means it's easier for you to make more money, since you're often given preferential treatment by the capitalist overlords.

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Nobody thinks your life is easy... then continues stating how everyone has it harder... Perhaps you should read what you write before posting.

[@DarkPrject]

Can you comprehend the concept of someone having it hard while others have it harder?

[@XxPlayMakerxX131]

Let the dislikes roll in

[@eminkrasniqi690]

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[@ar8378]

🐤this is chicadoo Dont let him drown in the comments

[@cory8242]

ahaha

[@Alex2Buzz]

+

[@hitobite]

"sickness is a social construct."

[@superfluousvii9686]

She’s wrong on all her definitions according to google

[@JRenardLeatherCo]

not the worst CC Sociology, but definitely the least helpful

[@Sordatos]

Is it me....or she pregnant?

[@NeoDeity]

Did you just assume their gender?

[@JRenardLeatherCo]

not the worst CC Sociology, but definitely the least helpful